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Missing women becomes a subject for political reasons.
'Missing Women' blamed every household for the gender imbalance.It raised a question on the level of unawareness in the masses and the government's lack of pro activeness to stop such a dangerous phenomenon. -
New York Review of Books publishes Amartya Sen's essay, "More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing".
In the Year 1990, New York Review of Books publishes Amartya Sen's article, "More Than 100 Million Women Are Missing". -
By verified numbers Amartya Sen proved 100 million women are missing.
In the essay Sen uses verified data to compare the male-female sex- ratios around the world, to map the deviation of ratios in certain countries from 'the biological standard'.
He observed a disparity in the ratios of countries from Europe, North America and Japan as compared to the countries in the Indian Sub-Continent, China, West Asia and parts of Africa. He deduced that per hundred men the latter mentioned countries had 11 fewer women (in aggregate '100million') than the biological standard. -
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Sen continues research on the concept, keeping 'missing women' in the public eye.
In the article, Amartya Sen pointed towards a social phenomenon as the cause for the gender imbalance. He had eliminated factors relating to 'politics', 'economics' and 'race'. Believing a phenomenon of girl child 'soft killing' was the reason. According to which constant girl child neglect and boy child preference leads to a girl child soft killing. Which got further voice in his future works. -
India passes law to make the detection of Gender in cases of foetuses an offence.
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 was the act passed to stop the detection of a foetus's gender there by stopping the preference of one sex over the other.
Later, China too passes similar laws. -
China offers incentives to families with girl children.
The man-made imbalance sought respite in the Chinese Legislature as China provides incentives to families with girl children. -
Emily Oster challenges Amartya Sen's theory.
At the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Emily Oster began research in the gender ratios of regions affected by Hepatitis B. She found that the two data corelated. Especially evident in Alaska wherein during the 1970's, there were both a high rate of Hepatitis B and an overwhelming number of boys born. In December 2004, Oster presented a reseach which blamed the Hepatitis B virus for the imbalance of sex-ratios. -
Researcher Monica Dasgupta collects data to show clear signs of female foetuscide.
Monica Dasgupta collected birth gender ratios of children born into families already with daughters as the 'first child' and also daughters as 'second child' and so on.
She observed the ratios drastically detoriated to the excess of boys which is unnatural.
This phenomenon was mostly observed in the South Asian countries.
Dasgupta's argument shouldered responsibility for a portion of the missing women though it didn't match Sen though. Critically,it re-enforced the position of the girl child. -
Emily Oster forfeits her Hepatitis B theory saying it cannot account for 100 million missing women.
Emily Oster forfeits theory saying Hepatitis B cannot account for 100 million missing women. Oster's statement had a political angle and was under the public eye. Amartya Sen's view was the best argument for the missing women.
With growing awareness of how women are marginalised in daily affairs, Oster's statement garnered attention becoming a part of political agenda. -
Leading magazine and social voice - 'The Economist' publishes an article on the concept of missing women with newer, corroborating figures.
The Economist has been a social commentator for years and in 2010 they wrote an article voicing Sen's view with newer data, corroborating Sen's theory. The article was not intended to supply information but was more on the lines of a feature. The article spread awareness.
